Day in Pictures, May 15, 2014

By By Mike Moffitt

on May 15, 2014 3:31 PM

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Finals are over, time to start bouncing: Despite the tendency of bounce houses to turn into kites, students at Whitman College
in Walla Walla, Wash., decided to celebrate the end of the school year by bouncing in one. No injuries were reported. less

Finals are over, time to start bouncing: Despite the tendency of bounce houses to turn into kites, students at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., decided to celebrate the end of the school year by ... more

As long as she gets petted: Freya, the tabby belonging to Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, is not particular as to which foreign minister pets her at a "Friends of Syria Meeting" at the Foreign Office in London. less

As long as she gets petted: Freya, the tabby belonging to Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, is not particular as to which foreign minister pets her at a "Friends of Syria Meeting" at the ... more

Photo: Matt Dunham, Associated Press

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Technology finally matches the realism of 'Mission Impossible' masks: Mario Huettenhofer, chief of the German company 3D Fab, presents a 3D print of his own face at the
FabCon 3.D and Rapid.Tech fair in Erfurt, Germany. less

Technology finally matches the realism of 'Mission Impossible' masks: Mario Huettenhofer, chief of the German company 3D Fab, presents a 3D print of his own face at the FabCon 3.D and Rapid.Tech fair in ... more

Minister's aide stomps a protester: A man identified by Turkish media as Yusuf Yerkel, adviser to Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a protester who is being held by special forces police officers
during Erdogan's visit to Soma, Turkey. Erdogan was visiting the town after the worst mining accident in Turkey's history. less

Minister's aide stomps a protester: A man identified by Turkish media as Yusuf Yerkel, adviser to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, kicks a protester who is being held by special forces police officers ... more

Wading pool of gore: Toy ships float in animal blood and guts from an abattoir during a demonstration outside the French embassy in Kiev. Activists of Ukrainian Democratic Alliance organization used the bloody display to protest France's sale of two Mistral-class helicopter carriers to Russia. less

Wading pool of gore: Toy ships float in animal blood and guts from an abattoir during a demonstration outside the French embassy in Kiev. Activists of Ukrainian Democratic Alliance organization used the bloody ... more

Tunnel bomb: Seen from Tel al-Sawadi, a large explosion rips through what it is believed to be the Wadi Deif
Syrian army base in northwestern Idlib. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Islamist
rebels detonated explosives planted in a tunnel under the base, killing or injuring dozens.
Opposition fighters have been trying to capture the base for over a year. less

Tunnel bomb: Seen from Tel al-Sawadi, a large explosion rips through what it is believed to be the Wadi Deif Syrian army base in northwestern Idlib. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Islamist ... more

Photo: Ghaith Omran, AFP/Getty Images

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Catastrophe Day: In a field near Gaza City, a winged Palestinian girl marks Nakba, or Catastrophe Day, a reference to the birth of the state of Israel 66 years ago in British-mandate Palestine. The 1948 war over Israel's creation led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, who either fled or were driven out of their homes. less

Catastrophe Day: In a field near Gaza City, a winged Palestinian girl marks Nakba, or Catastrophe Day, a reference to the birth of the state of Israel 66 years ago in British-mandate Palestine. The 1948 war ... more

Photo: Said Khatib, AFP/Getty Images

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Tutu hot: A young ballerina contemplates cooling off in the water jets of the Salmon Street
Springs fountain in Portland, Ore.

Tutu hot: A young ballerina contemplates cooling off in the water jets of the Salmon Street Springs fountain in Portland, Ore.

Photo: Associated Press

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Putting on his face: A Hindu holy man applies sandalwood paste to his forehead while
looking at a handheld mirror outside a temple in New Delhi.

Putting on his face: A Hindu holy man applies sandalwood paste to his forehead while looking at a handheld mirror outside a temple in New Delhi.

Peat and repeat: Calum Stealag Macleod, 79, works in his Stornoway Blacksmith shed making a
tairsgeir, a traditional peat-cutting tool, in Stornoway, Scotland. The tradition of peat
cutting has seen a revival in the Outer Hebrides as residents are returning to peat, a cheaper
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Peat and repeat: Calum Stealag Macleod, 79, works in his Stornoway Blacksmith shed making a tairsgeir, a traditional peat-cutting tool, in Stornoway, Scotland. The tradition of peat cutting has seen a ... more